PM Modi likely to visit Bangladesh on March 17

Bangladesh'sforeign ministry on Sunday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is probably going to make a one-day visit to Dhaka on March 17, concurring with the start of the 'Mujib Year' to stamp the birth century of the nation's originator Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman.

Bangladesh's foreign ministry on Sunday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is probably going to make a one-day visit to Dhaka on March 17, corresponding with the start of the 'Mujib Year' to check the birth century of the nation's originator Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman. The primary focal point of Prime Minister Modi's visit would be on Mujib Year's introduction with stupendous festival, yet he is likewise planned to have two-sided converses with his Bangladesh partner Sheik Hasina, the Bangabandhu's girl, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen told a media instructions here.

"The date of his (Modi) appearance in Dhaka is yet to be concluded, however he is probably going to be here on March 17," he said. The Bangladesh government will watch 'Mujib Borsho (year)' from March 2020 to March 2021 over the globe. In the mean time, authorities of the Indian High Commission here and the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said India's External Affairs Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla would show up in Dhaka on Monday to settle the projects of Modi's up and coming visit.

During his visit, Shringla, who recently filled in as India's high chief in Dhaka, would meet Prime Minister Hasina and Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, they said.

Shringla would also visit his Bangladeshi partner, they stated, including that he would convey a keynote discourse at a workshop together composed by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and the Indian High Commission in Dhaka. Gowher Rizvi, International Affairs counselor to the PM of Bangladesh, would likewise address the course titled 'Bangladesh and India: A Promising Future' as the central visitor, the authorities said.

As indicated by the authorities, Dhaka will also welcome previous Indian president Pranab Mukherjee and Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to address an uncommon Parliament meeting scheduled for March 22 and 23 to commend the 'Mujib Year'. A parliament secretariat representative prior said it would be the third such case when outside dignitaries would address Bangladesh Parliament since 1972 and 1974 when the then Indian president VV Giri and recent Yugoslavia's leader Josip Broz Tito talked in the House. Bangladesh has taken a progression of activities to commend the 'Mujib Year', including to make a film on the Bangabandhu by noted Indian producer Shyam Benegal.